UAE to send emergency aid to Haiti

The UAE Red Crescent Authority gears up to send emergency food supplies, shelter equipment and medical provisions to Haiti, says WAM.

The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is gearing up to send emergency aid to Haiti, which was struck by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday, according to the state news agency WAM. In a WAM statement, Ahmed Humaid al Mazrouei, the RCA's board chairman said that the aid would be dispatched to earthquake survivors by order of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, the Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and Chairman of the RCA. The aid will include food supplies, shelter equipment and medical provisions. "The first stage of the relief programme will involve provision of sheltering materials to the people who lost their homes," said Mr Mazrouei. The UAE is also setting up a relief organisation called Air Bridge to airlift humanitarian supplies to Haiti, according to WAM. * WAM